The Socialist Party’s parliamentary group refuses to back either the government’s constitutional amendment bill or the “Stop Soros” package of bills, the party’s deputy group leader said. The Socialist Party will only participate in the opening round of the debate on the constitutional amendment proposal, Tamas Harangozó (pictured on top) said.

Civil groups held a solidarity demonstration to protest against the government’s “Stop Soros” bill in front of Parliament, with speakers saying that rights organisations are not criminals and the bill violates basic rights.

Ruling Fidesz has hit back at Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic’s call for the Hungarian government to withdraw its “Stop Soros” package of bills that would criminalise the organisation of illegal migration, saying that US financier George Soros “has associates everywhere”.

As Parliament begins to discuss the bill on stricter rules aimed at preventing illegal immigration, commentators place the planned legislation in the context of the government’s feud with the international liberal mainstream.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called the draft LIBE report “the basic document of a show trial”, adding that it contains “lies and factual errors that undermine the whole document’s credibility.”

According to the polls, Fidesz and its president, Viktor Orbán are most likely to win the elections due on Sunday. What will it mean for Europe if he wins again? BBC presents a lengthy portrait of a politician who, it says, critics attack "as a racist and an authoritarian".

The Socialist Party’s parliamentary group refuses to back either the government’s constitutional amendment bill or the “Stop Soros” package of bills, the party’s deputy group leader said. The Socialist Party will only participate in the opening round of the debate on the constitutional amendment proposal, Tamas Harangozó (pictured on top) said.

Civil groups held a solidarity demonstration to protest against the government’s “Stop Soros” bill in front of Parliament, with speakers saying that rights organisations are not criminals and the bill violates basic rights.

Ruling Fidesz has hit back at Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic’s call for the Hungarian government to withdraw its “Stop Soros” package of bills that would criminalise the organisation of illegal migration, saying that US financier George Soros “has associates everywhere”.

As Parliament begins to discuss the bill on stricter rules aimed at preventing illegal immigration, commentators place the planned legislation in the context of the government’s feud with the international liberal mainstream.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called the draft LIBE report “the basic document of a show trial”, adding that it contains “lies and factual errors that undermine the whole document’s credibility.”

According to the polls, Fidesz and its president, Viktor Orbán are most likely to win the elections due on Sunday. What will it mean for Europe if he wins again? BBC presents a lengthy portrait of a politician who, it says, critics attack "as a racist and an authoritarian".

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